Mazda New Car Reviews

Revamped Mazdaspeed3 Better Than Ever
The Mazdaspeed3 is the pocket-rocket version of the Mazda3. It offers a pleasing combination of sports car performance, and hatchback practicality. The first generation “MS3” was a big hit, and now for 2010, Mazda has redesigned this speedy hatch, and improved it in almost every way.
The Speed uses the same 5-door [...]

Zoom-Zoom and Room Too
It’s not easy to make a large SUV look stylish, but Mazda has managed to do so with its CX9. It’s sloping hood, upsweeping beltline and open-mouth grille give this sport/ute a jaunty look. While it may appear that the CX9 is just a stretched version of Mazda’s midsize CX7, that’s not [...]

Sized To Challenge Accord and Camry
The last generation Mazda6 was a fun car to drive, but it’s sales were lackluster, compared to the Toyota Camry and the Honda Accord. One of the reasons for this was size—the 6 wasn’t as large as those segment leaders. Another problem was that the Mazda’s engines weren’t as powerful. [...]

A Miata by any Other Name is Still a Miata
I’ve never understood why Mazda dropped the Miata name from their popular MX5 sports car. Miata is the name that people have identified with this car for nearly two decades. Ask any enthusiast what this car is called, and he or she will tell you it’s [...]

Mazda3 Gets More Zoom-Zoom
Mazda has earned a well-deserved reputation for building small cars that are fun to drive. Their latest offering, the 2010 Mazda3, is sure to enhance their status among compact car buyers. This car has new bodywork, a new interior, a more powerful engine and a number of enhancements.
The overall shape of the [...]

Practical Mazda5 Grows in Popularity
The Mazda5 has the distinction of being the only vehicle in the Mazda lineup with a better sales record in 2008 than it had in 2007. This year sales approached 20,000 units, nearly twice the number that passed through dealer’s doors the year before. The reason for the improvement seems obvious. [...]

Still Practical and Fun
The Mazda3 has been around for four model years now, and there’s not much new for 2008, except some side airbags, but it is still a delightful car to drive. It delivers equal measures of fun and practicality. This compact-sized Mazda comes as a four-door sedan and a five-door hatchback. Prices range [...]

Mazda Introduces Hybrid Tribute
Like its corporate cousins, the Ford Escape and the Mercury Mariner, the Mazda Tribute now comes with a hybrid power plant. In fact, it uses the same gas and electric combo as the Escape and Mariner.
A 2.3-liter, four-cylinder engine and a 70-Kilowatt motor combine to produce the equivalent of 155 horsepower. The [...]

Zoom-Zoom And Room Too
I didn’t get a chance to spend a lot of time in the Mazda CX-9, but in the few days that I did drive it, it made a favorable impression. To start with, it is nicely styled inside and out. The exterior bodywork is sculpted in a way that minimizes its large [...]

LOTS MORE ZOOM-ZOOM
The Mazdaspeed3 defines the term “pocket rocket.” It has a feisty look, awesome power and sports-car-like handling.
The heart of the Mazdaspeed3 is its powerful engine. Mazda equips its little hotrod with a 2.3-liter, turbocharged, four-cylinder power plant that cranks out 263 horsepower and 280 lb-ft of torque. The turbo produces [...]